That result surprised researchers, since the ACA’s Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
Insurer investment in housing reduces healthcare costs, AHIP says
Hospitalization rates and emergency room use can be up to three to four times higher for those without a home.
Most Americans disapprove of how Trump, Congress is addressing prescription drug costs, poll shows
Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.
Hurricane Florence: Lessons from hospitals that survived recent natural disasters
Here are some of the things hospitals should be working to put in place and resources available during storm season.
CMS awards grants for the Federally-Facilitated Exchange Navigator Program
Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.
Low consumer literacy of healthcare industry linked to almost $5 billion in costs, report finds
Confusion over navigating the complex healthcare system translates into a significant customer-service cost burden for insurers.
Cigna Ventures to invest $250 million in healthcare startups
Cigna launched the corporate venture fund to fuel innovation around insights and analytics, digital health and retail, and care delivery and management.
Kaiser Permanente eyes carbon neutrality, better community health with renewable energy deal
System has signed a definitive power purchase agreement for 180 megawatts of clean energy, which is enough to power 27 of its 39 hospitals.
American Hospital Association suing HHS over delay in implementing drug pricing rule for 340B
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.
Affordable Care Act reduces healthcare disparities between Mexican-heritage Latinos and other Latinos
After the major provisions of the law were implemented, 77.8 percent of Latinos of Mexican heritage reported having health insurance, a 10-point increase.
